Job Description

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- Coordinate, and manage shutdown plans, schedules, and work scopes for fixed plant maintenance and project activities.

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- Coordinate resources, labour, contractors, equipment, materials, tooling, and services required for shutdown execution.

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- Facilitate shutdown planning meetings and liaise with key stakeholders to ensure scope alignment and readiness.

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- Monitor shutdown progress and adjust priorities to ensure critical path activities are completed on schedule.

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- Identify and manage shutdown risks, constraints, and opportunities to improve safety, productivity, and efficiency.

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- Ensure all shutdown work complies with site safety, environmental, and statutory requirements.

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- Proactively engage with the Operations Coordinators to support the coordination of permit requirements, isolations, access arrangements and shutdown logistics.

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- Coordinate high-risk work activities including confined space entry, hot work, working at heights, lifting operations and electrical isolations to ensure critical controls are implemented and maintained.

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- Monitor contractor performance and ensure work is completed to the required quality standards.

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- Track shutdown costs, resource utilisation, and schedule performance against approved plans.

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- Provide regular progress updates and reports to maintenance and operational leadership teams.

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- Facilitate effective communication between all shutdown stakeholders before, during, and after execution.

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- Lead shutdown close-out activities, including work order completion, reporting, lessons learned, and continuous improvement reviews.

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- Support the development and optimisation of shutdown management processes, systems, and procedures.

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- Ensure accurate documentation and maintenance history updates within the CMMS.

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- Contribute to the preparation of budgets, including personnel, capital justification and the collation of data on a systematic basis for progressive forecasting and future estimating.

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- Drive the reduction of overall costs as relates to shutdowns.

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- Manage relevant expenditure to remain within approved budget and forecasts in compliance with commercial protocols and procedures.

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- Demonstrate visible safety leadership and promote a strong safety culture aligned with Covalent's values.

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- Build collaborative relationships across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Planning, and contractor teams.

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- Drive accountability for shutdown performance, quality, and schedule adherence.

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- Promote continuous improvement through effective planning, execution reviews, and lessons learned.

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- Maintain a proactive and solutions-focused approach to managing shutdown challenges and competing priorities.

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- Actively lead and participate in the establishment of a health and safety culture, leading by example, and setting the required health and safety standards.

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- Ensure a safe working environment where all work is undertaken in a safe and efficient manner, in accordance with statutory requirements and Covalent policies & procedures.

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- Ensure all health, safety and environmental incidents are reported, investigated, and appropriate corrective action taken to prevent recurrence.

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Requirements

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- 5+ years in Fixed Plant maintenance and mineral processing, including at least 3 years in a Shutdown Coordinator capacity.

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- Engineering qualification and/or Trade background.

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- Experience in transitioning from plant commissioning to steady state operations.

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- Competent with basic root cause analysis methodology (5 Why's)

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- Valid C class driver's licence

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- First Aid certificate

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- Current Working at Heights ticket

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- Current Confined Space Entry ticket

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- Statutory Supervisor appointment (S26)

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- Demonstrated experience coordinating high-risk maintenance activities within a fixed plant processing environment.

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- Previous shutdown and maintenance / process plant experience in mining environment.

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- Experience in managing multi-discipline teams driving a high-performance culture through positive working relationships and leveraging company values and behaviours.

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- Computerised Maintenance Management System experience (SAP desirable)

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- Knowledge of budgeting, capital expenditure management and project management.

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- Demonstrated track record of problem solving and solution implementation delivering significant process improvements.

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- Ability to work in remote and/or arid environmental conditions.

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in coordinating and managing shutdown plans, schedules, and resources in fixed plant maintenance, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards. Proven ability to lead high-risk work activities and drive continuous improvement in shutdown processes and performance.

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Highest-signal resume keywords

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- Shutdown Coordination

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- Fixed Plant Maintenance

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- High-Risk Work Management

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- Budgeting and Capital Expenditure Management

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- Computerised Maintenance Management System (SAP)

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ATS Optimization Keywords

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Hard Skills

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- Shutdown Planning

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- Root Cause Analysis (5 Why's)

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- Project Management

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- Process Improvement

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- Safety Compliance

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Soft Skills

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- Collaboration

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- Communication

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- Problem Solving

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- Leadership

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- Stakeholder Engagement

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Certifications & Qualifications

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- Valid C Class Driver's Licence

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- First Aid Certificate

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- Working at Heights Ticket

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- Confined Space Entry Ticket

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- Statutory Supervisor Appointment (S26)

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Industry Keywords

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- Mineral Processing

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- Mining Workplace

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- Shutdown Activities

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- Safety Culture

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- High-Performance Culture

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Tools & Technologies

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- Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

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- SAP

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